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ilie carolina watchman vol xii thirl series salisbury n ft july 14 1881 no 39 tho ii the carolina watchman i established in tiik vear is32 ; l'l'.h k 1.50 in advance contract advertising rates i i.llkl ak -'". i i ii iÂ»*-h 1 month sin's 3 m's cu ism's nf.-rnr â– Â»'â– â– "-' **â€¢â– 'â– " &' "" -:;'-"" -*""" two for 'â– â– '" â– Â»â– ''" â€¢'' 3 â€¢â– "' i ' ir . f.,r Â«.Â«â€¢ 'â– "" ~< â– â– â– â€¢' v'-l i â€ž r fi.r â€¢ â– 'â€¢â€¢â€¢'â€¢" 'â– >â– 'â€¢'> ,:;-'" '-â– "" lecsmnotor 1.50 'â– â– â– â– â– â– â€¢â– â– -â– â– â– !Â«.Â«' *â€¢Â«â– i do 11.85 a -â– â– â– - do is.is k.s3 33..s :- -.^ um â€” â€” â€” â€”' â€” ' " ' mm ' f remember the dead ! . john s hutchinson ' dealer is italian and american marble monuments tombs and gravestones l ,,| evi im l'l i.'ll-iion , - b.-iiik Â» practical marble-worker ii enables | me of executing any piece of work from the tilainest to the most elaborate in â€¢'"' artirtic vle and i a guaranty that perfect mthdaclion will i given lo the moat ex icting patrons call nÂ»'i examine my stock and price be fore purchasing as i will bcii at the very low ; ent price _ j designs nnd efttimate for any desired work will lie furnished on application at next door to â€¢! d mcneelv's store salwburv n c march 9,1881 21:1 v r r crawford & co alte selling portable farm and factory steam mm j blasting if carlidpe i\iai caps tlie finest rifle f powder ntfe i apns mm i apiis i'l nr vn an.l r..r i make and elite mtibjl cbampion inert horse bakes e jan a 1881 ly i b vaxce v ii bailey vance & bailey atto n ys and counsellors ; cuaul'.ltl i n <â– '. practice in supreme court .â– ;' the i'ni'ed j supremo court of north carolina .. i onrtu and count ii k of mei klenhuig -. i lion git*ion row an nnd i)a id wn 8&.office iwo doors easl oflndejten dence square 33:1 ;' ; m mccorkle t1ieo 1 lvi i tl mccorkle & kluttz attorneys and counselors salisbury n (.'. qr*0ffiee on council street opposite the couit ho iw . 7:i;ni kerui ra1ge 1 i i.i.mint craige & clement utovnnt at i'au ...... salisbury s c issi j * - r -- â€¢â€¢ . . ; v â– - - - â€¢ Â« .' â€” â€¢--- tmi m . ij ittoryjcy jt l if salisbury n | ino i ederal blackriier aid fetasoii attorneys counselors a.ud solicitors sal1sbujiy x.c j moay22 1870 â€” tf . a>4u lahdeeth 4 soks philadelphia pa for the watchman i>r rutusay on prohibition mr editor astronomers i believe calculated and predicted thnt thi would be a year famous for conjunctions and op positions in the planetary system and so it has proved to be but so fur as i have seen no mention was made of the strange con junctions am oppositions that bare de veloped in the material world on the subject of prohibition and amongst all the strangesl and saddest is thc communication of dr ramsay in thc american in opposi tion to prohibition thus putting himself in conjunction with the liquor interest of north carolina when i read his article i could but exclaim oh ! what a fall waa there my countrymen !" 1 propose to notice briefly some of dr ramsay's arguments and in doing so ttill quote the substance of his point in place of the whole sentence first he says if the law carries every one if the twelve hundred distilleries now operating must stop what a dire catas trophe ' at one fell swoop to shut down on ttrelte hundred distilleries and thus tin up that fountain from which flows â€” what ah what ! that which makcth glad the hearts of the mothers wives and sisters of this fair land ? that which elevates the human race and promotes peace and pros perity 1 or that which brings desolation and deep distress to thousands of hearth stones in our good old state will the doctor tell us how much benev olence philanthropy morality education i and religion will be retarded by stopping ! twelve hundred distilleries will he calculate and tell us the amount of misery ciiine and degradation twelve hundred distilleries will produce in one year ? and above all can he weigh the scalding tears the heavy hopeless sighs and blasted lives that arc produced by twelve hundred dis tilleiies mr editor who of us has noti seen the misery and desolation produced by oue distillery ; and now take just what we see of the fruits of one and multiply that by 1,200 and the evil effects must be appal ling and ought to induce every patriot and christian to vole for prohibition this injustice extends to the consumer says dr 11 lie takes for granted that the sup pression of twelve hundred1 distilleries would be an act of injustice we deny the proposition but suppose it is so what has \ that to do with injustice to the consumer ( twelve hundred distilleries to 1,400,000 inhabitants is say in round numbers one distillery to 1,200 inhabitants how many ofthose 1,200 citizens are interested in the success of this one distillery why sir 1 venture the assertion that every till in north carolina might be stopped to-day and not one man in fifty would be discom moded or thc worse ler the stoppage leaving ont holies and children now sir we all hold and practice the maxim that thc greatest good to the greatest number i the true principle ou w hii h a republican government should ad and it this be so how flimsy the doctor's argument a lo injustice to the c nsuincr .' j wli dear doctor thank god we are not a j nation id dram thinkers and a very small proportion of the bone and sinew of our people are anything about a drink of whisky and the mass of our people con sume a very small amount and will admit that even that could be dispensed with again says dr r .. the law is virtually a confiscation act i do not agree with ihe doctor as to the word confiscate a government confiscates property when it lakes the title from thc present owner and vests it in another party : but when it merely alters the legal status id property il is not confiscation however be that as it may the cry of confiscation comes tt ith bad grace from dr ramsay while he re mains in thc embrace of a parly that eon liscaleil property in north carolina worth tint thousand times as much as twelve hun dred distilleries and no one has ever heard the doctor denounce thc act ! again the doctor asks does the public good require the suppression of distilleries as if does that ofa mephitic mill pond or pig sty i i will ask the doctor a question or two by way of answer to his does thc public good require the enforcement vt a law forbidding the sending of obscene pub lications through the mails does the public go require laws prohibiting gam bling and prostitution does the public good require laws forbidding thc intermar riage of the white and colored races ? does the same public good demand a law making ii a misdemeanor to offer any intoxicating drink within five miles of an election pre j cinct on election day '. and above all and ' directly to thc point docs the public eood j require and endorse laws forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors near our churches seminaries and schools ? and the fact that our people endorse nnd sustain such laws it seems to me should be a pow erful argument in favor of prohibition the law is a virtual admission that education good or.b-r and religion do not run in the sane track with the use of strong drink this communication has already con iiiucl more space than i intended 1 would be pleased to follow the doctor to the end i must notice another point or two in liis argument in the outset he says twelve hundred distilleries will be stop ped if the people vote prohibition again he says drinking and blockading will hold high carnival in north carolina if prohibition prevail unless some coercive power more potent than public sentiment be brought to bear now sir wc hold that in lhc execution and enforcement of law no lower on earth is more powerful : 1 1 ah public sentiment xo sir you let the people of north carolina vote for prohibi tion and public sentiment will see that un law is enforced and then othello's occu pation will indeed begone the army ofj revenue raiders that have been so odious to thc people ofour state will have to seek ] pastures new and the doctor's bugbear of : i s to sustain ihem will go with them in conclusion mr editor allow mc to say tlmt i had hoped this question would he presented to the people upon its merits aside from party affiliation or self interest ed organizations but such i am sorry to say has not been the case to me now it j seems to be an issue between all that is el ! crating cm oiling and christian on the one hand and ail that is degrading from â– deep to still lower deep ail that is opposed 1 to the moral elevation and redemption of thc humau race on the other taking this ! view of the question and hearing tin call from thousands now writhing in lhc toils of j i norm thai biteth like an adder to help â€¢ disenthrall them and once more set them ; lire how can a man discharge ids duty to his fellow man to himself his children and i : '-.<:.. 1 more accept ablj than by voting for r.diibition : ' \ . c for tc h 'â€¢ i â€¢ . ar.d yon sav bt n â– act nf vonrs shall this oil old male have ten thousand asks for ever iribbilug out heir base contents 1 but if you desire to help on the cause that produces evil nnd only evil continually i i vote against prohibition and bay to the ' people of north carolina drink and be tnad then tie your com try bills her cause demands the assistaucc of your i throats : you all can swallow and she asks : no more ost of the people june 30 1881 is prommtion ji my question ? j opinion of leading republicans both white and colored judge edwin g rea.de on prohibition concurring opinions expressed ?â€¢

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ilie carolina watchman vol xii thirl series salisbury n ft july 14 1881 no 39 tho ii the carolina watchman i established in tiik vear is32 ; l'l'.h k 1.50 in advance contract advertising rates i i.llkl ak -'". i i ii iÂ»*-h 1 month sin's 3 m's cu ism's nf.-rnr â– Â»'â– â– "-' **â€¢â– 'â– " &' "" -:;'-"" -*""" two for 'â– â– '" â– Â»â– ''" â€¢'' 3 â€¢â– "' i ' ir . f.,r Â«.Â«â€¢ 'â– "" ~< â– â– â– â€¢' v'-l i â€ž r fi.r â€¢ â– 'â€¢â€¢â€¢'â€¢" 'â– >â– 'â€¢'> ,:;-'" '-â– "" lecsmnotor 1.50 'â– â– â– â– â– â– â€¢â– â– -â– â– â– !Â«.Â«' *â€¢Â«â– i do 11.85 a -â– â– â– - do is.is k.s3 33..s :- -.^ um â€” â€” â€” â€”' â€” ' " ' mm ' f remember the dead ! . john s hutchinson ' dealer is italian and american marble monuments tombs and gravestones l ,,| evi im l'l i.'ll-iion , - b.-iiik Â» practical marble-worker ii enables | me of executing any piece of work from the tilainest to the most elaborate in â€¢'"' artirtic vle and i a guaranty that perfect mthdaclion will i given lo the moat ex icting patrons call nÂ»'i examine my stock and price be fore purchasing as i will bcii at the very low ; ent price _ j designs nnd efttimate for any desired work will lie furnished on application at next door to â€¢! d mcneelv's store salwburv n c march 9,1881 21:1 v r r crawford & co alte selling portable farm and factory steam mm j blasting if carlidpe i\iai caps tlie finest rifle f powder ntfe i apns mm i apiis i'l nr vn an.l r..r i make and elite mtibjl cbampion inert horse bakes e jan a 1881 ly i b vaxce v ii bailey vance & bailey atto n ys and counsellors ; cuaul'.ltl i n 4u lahdeeth 4 soks philadelphia pa for the watchman i>r rutusay on prohibition mr editor astronomers i believe calculated and predicted thnt thi would be a year famous for conjunctions and op positions in the planetary system and so it has proved to be but so fur as i have seen no mention was made of the strange con junctions am oppositions that bare de veloped in the material world on the subject of prohibition and amongst all the strangesl and saddest is thc communication of dr ramsay in thc american in opposi tion to prohibition thus putting himself in conjunction with the liquor interest of north carolina when i read his article i could but exclaim oh ! what a fall waa there my countrymen !" 1 propose to notice briefly some of dr ramsay's arguments and in doing so ttill quote the substance of his point in place of the whole sentence first he says if the law carries every one if the twelve hundred distilleries now operating must stop what a dire catas trophe ' at one fell swoop to shut down on ttrelte hundred distilleries and thus tin up that fountain from which flows â€” what ah what ! that which makcth glad the hearts of the mothers wives and sisters of this fair land ? that which elevates the human race and promotes peace and pros perity 1 or that which brings desolation and deep distress to thousands of hearth stones in our good old state will the doctor tell us how much benev olence philanthropy morality education i and religion will be retarded by stopping ! twelve hundred distilleries will he calculate and tell us the amount of misery ciiine and degradation twelve hundred distilleries will produce in one year ? and above all can he weigh the scalding tears the heavy hopeless sighs and blasted lives that arc produced by twelve hundred dis tilleiies mr editor who of us has noti seen the misery and desolation produced by oue distillery ; and now take just what we see of the fruits of one and multiply that by 1,200 and the evil effects must be appal ling and ought to induce every patriot and christian to vole for prohibition this injustice extends to the consumer says dr 11 lie takes for granted that the sup pression of twelve hundred1 distilleries would be an act of injustice we deny the proposition but suppose it is so what has \ that to do with injustice to the consumer ( twelve hundred distilleries to 1,400,000 inhabitants is say in round numbers one distillery to 1,200 inhabitants how many ofthose 1,200 citizens are interested in the success of this one distillery why sir 1 venture the assertion that every till in north carolina might be stopped to-day and not one man in fifty would be discom moded or thc worse ler the stoppage leaving ont holies and children now sir we all hold and practice the maxim that thc greatest good to the greatest number i the true principle ou w hii h a republican government should ad and it this be so how flimsy the doctor's argument a lo injustice to the c nsuincr .' j wli dear doctor thank god we are not a j nation id dram thinkers and a very small proportion of the bone and sinew of our people are anything about a drink of whisky and the mass of our people con sume a very small amount and will admit that even that could be dispensed with again says dr r .. the law is virtually a confiscation act i do not agree with ihe doctor as to the word confiscate a government confiscates property when it lakes the title from thc present owner and vests it in another party : but when it merely alters the legal status id property il is not confiscation however be that as it may the cry of confiscation comes tt ith bad grace from dr ramsay while he re mains in thc embrace of a parly that eon liscaleil property in north carolina worth tint thousand times as much as twelve hun dred distilleries and no one has ever heard the doctor denounce thc act ! again the doctor asks does the public good require the suppression of distilleries as if does that ofa mephitic mill pond or pig sty i i will ask the doctor a question or two by way of answer to his does thc public good require the enforcement vt a law forbidding the sending of obscene pub lications through the mails does the public go require laws prohibiting gam bling and prostitution does the public good require laws forbidding thc intermar riage of the white and colored races ? does the same public good demand a law making ii a misdemeanor to offer any intoxicating drink within five miles of an election pre j cinct on election day '. and above all and ' directly to thc point docs the public eood j require and endorse laws forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquors near our churches seminaries and schools ? and the fact that our people endorse nnd sustain such laws it seems to me should be a pow erful argument in favor of prohibition the law is a virtual admission that education good or.b-r and religion do not run in the sane track with the use of strong drink this communication has already con iiiucl more space than i intended 1 would be pleased to follow the doctor to the end i must notice another point or two in liis argument in the outset he says twelve hundred distilleries will be stop ped if the people vote prohibition again he says drinking and blockading will hold high carnival in north carolina if prohibition prevail unless some coercive power more potent than public sentiment be brought to bear now sir wc hold that in lhc execution and enforcement of law no lower on earth is more powerful : 1 1 ah public sentiment xo sir you let the people of north carolina vote for prohibi tion and public sentiment will see that un law is enforced and then othello's occu pation will indeed begone the army ofj revenue raiders that have been so odious to thc people ofour state will have to seek ] pastures new and the doctor's bugbear of : i s to sustain ihem will go with them in conclusion mr editor allow mc to say tlmt i had hoped this question would he presented to the people upon its merits aside from party affiliation or self interest ed organizations but such i am sorry to say has not been the case to me now it j seems to be an issue between all that is el ! crating cm oiling and christian on the one hand and ail that is degrading from â– deep to still lower deep ail that is opposed 1 to the moral elevation and redemption of thc humau race on the other taking this ! view of the question and hearing tin call from thousands now writhing in lhc toils of j i norm thai biteth like an adder to help â€¢ disenthrall them and once more set them ; lire how can a man discharge ids duty to his fellow man to himself his children and i : '-.